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sean boehner, speaker of the house. and boehner realizes he has to confront if he's going to save the united states from a credit rating downgrade. credit rating agencies are prepared in august 2011. for the first time in american history to downgrade the united states from triple-a status. and this is going to be a political disaster. boehner concealed but this is going to be blamed on republicans. so he feels both political blamed, but also the country. two heartbeats away from the presidency at a moment when america's creditors downgraded for the first time in our history. and so, he does something extraordinary. he acts like a leader. he comes up with a compromise, with a call a grand. he can't raise taxes. that's an impossibility from where he sits, but it has come up with a way to close tax loopholes and $800 in new revenue. that should be enough. and he seeks out obama in together given to meeting secretly. of course it is coming back patios and they come to a deal. and i can feel history at their back. birdwatch
sean boehner, speaker of the house. and boehner realizes he has to confront if he's going to save the united states from a credit rating downgrade. credit rating agencies are prepared in august 2011. for the first time in american history to downgrade the united states from triple-a status. and this is going to be a political disaster. boehner concealed but this is going to be blamed on republicans. so he feels both political blamed, but also the country. two heartbeats away from the presidency...
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not that i want to kill boehner. it's too bad that he can't just do what needs to be done, which is to make clear what the problems are and in them. >> i had a question that was very much related to the last comment. it has to do with both osama bin laden and these -- the use of the secret war. david ignatius wrote about how he is one of the presidents who has taken most quickly into understanding our intelligence system and all the secret stuff that is out there. we have all these secret armies. also what is interesting, he has been one of the presidents who has been most vociferous about shutting down and badly treating whistle-blowers and not tolerating any -- any kind of a tax or someone coming at him. and so i am wondering if you put all of this together, someone who cannot book criticism, having an alternative view out there. on top of this being willing to be a law unto himself, regardless of what that is. >> this is all is why i like to come to politics and prose. i think that in his unconscious, and this is,
not that i want to kill boehner. it's too bad that he can't just do what needs to be done, which is to make clear what the problems are and in them. >> i had a question that was very much related to the last comment. it has to do with both osama bin laden and these -- the use of the secret war. david ignatius wrote about how he is one of the presidents who has taken most quickly into understanding our intelligence system and all the secret stuff that is out there. we have all these secret...
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white house and boehner disagreed over and had a stimulus. instead of chasing boehner is lying through his teeth. i mean, seriously. it's not even worth repeating. yesterday i was in my stake is. ed henry, now fox news, says so mr. president, republicans say that she would actually want gas prices to go up? how do you respond to that? you know, what a piece of shit. seriously dude think anyone who's running for reelection at as the president of the united states want gas prices to go up? let's get real here, which is a nice way of looking to see what it question. but just the idea they would repeat the question is your time, with america time, repeating those lines. that is what passes the day unfortunately for journalism and certainly not good journalism. look at all the attention that is still being paid to the debate over the president's bursar ticket with joe r. piatt the sheriff in arizona now launching a new investigation that people are actually reporting it. why? it total nonsense. not worth it. pardon me, those are the three elements
white house and boehner disagreed over and had a stimulus. instead of chasing boehner is lying through his teeth. i mean, seriously. it's not even worth repeating. yesterday i was in my stake is. ed henry, now fox news, says so mr. president, republicans say that she would actually want gas prices to go up? how do you respond to that? you know, what a piece of shit. seriously dude think anyone who's running for reelection at as the president of the united states want gas prices to go up? let's...
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they get control of congress and john boehner or speaker speaker of the house and boehner realizes he has to confront his own caucus if he is going to save the united states credit rating and the credit rating agencies moody's and so on are prepared in august of 2011 for the first time in american history to downgrade the united states gets stripped of -- aaa status. boehner can feel the back of his scalp that this is going to be blamed on the republicans. so he feels political blame but is also worried about the country. does he really want to be one. two heartbeats away from the presidency. america's credit is downgraded for the first time in our history and so he does something extraordinary. he acts like a leader and. he comes up with a compromise, what they call a grand bargain and he can't raise taxes. that is a political impossibility from where he sits. but it does come up with a way to close tax loopholes and raise $800 billion in new revenue. that should be enough to make a deal with the president of the united states and he seeks out obama and together they are meeting secr
they get control of congress and john boehner or speaker speaker of the house and boehner realizes he has to confront his own caucus if he is going to save the united states credit rating and the credit rating agencies moody's and so on are prepared in august of 2011 for the first time in american history to downgrade the united states gets stripped of -- aaa status. boehner can feel the back of his scalp that this is going to be blamed on the republicans. so he feels political blame but is...
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speaker boehner said his plan called for $7 billion of cuts from the 2012 budget. the cbo said the plan only reduce the total budget i a billion dollars. which of the summers is correct? who cares? the $7 billion that john boehner calls quote a real enforceable cut to financial year 2012 represents what the government of the united states currently borrows every 37 hours. in other words, between now and, and ended the week, we will have borrowed back every dime of those painstakingly negotiated savings. if the cbo's score is great, that it reduces the 2012 deficit by just $1 billion, then the cut represents what united states boroughs every five hours and 20 minutes. in other words, in less time it takes to drive from ipad upstate and back him in the time it takes to watch harry potter and the deathly hallows parts one and two with a bathroom break in between, all the savings of these painstakingly negotiated plan will have been borrowed back. 7 billion or 1 billion? who cares who is right? that's a choice between dead or dead or. among shuffling back and forth bet
speaker boehner said his plan called for $7 billion of cuts from the 2012 budget. the cbo said the plan only reduce the total budget i a billion dollars. which of the summers is correct? who cares? the $7 billion that john boehner calls quote a real enforceable cut to financial year 2012 represents what the government of the united states currently borrows every 37 hours. in other words, between now and, and ended the week, we will have borrowed back every dime of those painstakingly negotiated...
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have you heard the speaker john boehner? here's how smart the democrats are. they made sure that in southwest ohio, john boehner does not have a democratic opponent. it's easy for most of the people to get re-elected. a lot of them have no opponents. more of them have nominal opponents of the major party. nevermind the green party, the libertarian party, justice party, constitution party. they now how to marginalize small parties, keep them out of debates, wear them down with ballot access obstacles. what are we doing about the member of congress? we got to ask ourselves some important questions. answer this one for me. please, be candid. someone who is your neighbor, let's say, knocks on your door, says, hi, i'm your neighbor. i want to tell you about myself if you got a minute. you put down your little iphone, turn off the tv. i spend 23% of your income. i can let all kinds of companies rip you off, unemployee you, under ensure you, disrespect you, invade your privacy, and expo you to toxic chemicals. i can raise and lower taxes, send your children off to wa
have you heard the speaker john boehner? here's how smart the democrats are. they made sure that in southwest ohio, john boehner does not have a democratic opponent. it's easy for most of the people to get re-elected. a lot of them have no opponents. more of them have nominal opponents of the major party. nevermind the green party, the libertarian party, justice party, constitution party. they now how to marginalize small parties, keep them out of debates, wear them down with ballot access...
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speaker boehner said his plan called the $7 billion of the cuts of the 2012 budget, the cbo said the plan only produced a 2012 budget by a billion dollars, which of the numbers is correct? who cares? the $7 billion that john bowen recalls, quote, a real and forcible cut to the financial year 2012 represents what the government of the united states currently boroughs every 37 hours. in other words, between now and the time in the end of the week, we will have barletta back every dime of those painstaking negotiations savings. if the cbo scoring is correct that it would use as the 2012 deficit by just $1 billion, then the cut represents with the united states boroughs every five hours and 20 minutes. in other words, in less time than it takes to drive from my pad of state from the time it takes to watch harry potter and the deathly hallows part one and two with a bathroom break in between all of the savings of the painstaking negotiated plan would have been borrowed back. 7 billion or 1 billion. who cares who's right. that is the choice between dead or deader. the white house really en
speaker boehner said his plan called the $7 billion of the cuts of the 2012 budget, the cbo said the plan only produced a 2012 budget by a billion dollars, which of the numbers is correct? who cares? the $7 billion that john bowen recalls, quote, a real and forcible cut to the financial year 2012 represents what the government of the united states currently boroughs every 37 hours. in other words, between now and the time in the end of the week, we will have barletta back every dime of those...
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obama himself weighs in and negotiate to john boehner. it is obvious that republicans are just not going to do a deal. what is really interesting, though, i think, and this underscores two things in relation to the point. they did not intend this as a way to make republicans look bad. they intended it as a way to get a deal done. there are a series of moments along the way -- for the republicans strongly intimated they cannot raise taxes and they will not go along with tax increases. every moment, either obama himself for were some of the top aides are always trying to rush out and put these negotiations back together. long after the point where they have established, they are reasonable people, negotiating in good faith and it is the republicans who absolutely refuse to go along. so that is one thing that is highly indicative of what is going on here. the second thing that is really interesting is when this finally collapses in late july of 2011, and it becomes obvious that they are not going to get this big deficit grand bargain that th
obama himself weighs in and negotiate to john boehner. it is obvious that republicans are just not going to do a deal. what is really interesting, though, i think, and this underscores two things in relation to the point. they did not intend this as a way to make republicans look bad. they intended it as a way to get a deal done. there are a series of moments along the way -- for the republicans strongly intimated they cannot raise taxes and they will not go along with tax increases. every...
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the $7 billion that john boehner recalls, quote, a real and forcible cut for the financial year 2012 represents what the government of the united states commonly boroughs every 37 hours. in other words, between now and the time and the end of the week it would borrow back every dime of the painstaking negotiated savings. if the cbo scoring is correct that it reduces the 2012 deficit by just $1 billion then the cut represents what the united states boroughs every five hours and 20 minutes as it takes time to drive upstate and back to and the time it takes to watch harry potter and the deadly hallows part one and two with a bathroom break in between all of the savings of the painstaking plan would have been borrowed back. 7 billion or 1 billion. who cares what is right. that is the choice between dead or deader. shuttling back and forth between the capitol and the white house were, quote comer really enforceable cuts of one to $7 billion. let me give you some numbers that are rather more relevant. within a decade, the united states would be spending more of the federal budget on its in
the $7 billion that john boehner recalls, quote, a real and forcible cut for the financial year 2012 represents what the government of the united states commonly boroughs every 37 hours. in other words, between now and the time and the end of the week it would borrow back every dime of the painstaking negotiated savings. if the cbo scoring is correct that it reduces the 2012 deficit by just $1 billion then the cut represents what the united states boroughs every five hours and 20 minutes as it...
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john boehner is the speaker of the house. john boehner realizes that he has to confront his own people if he is going to save the credit rating them back on moody's and save it from downgrade. this is going to be a political disaster. john boehner can fill in the back of his scalp that this is going to be burning on the republicans. he feels political blame but it's also worried about the country. two hearts -- two heartbeats away from the downgrade. and so, he does something extraordinary. he acts like a leader. he comes up with a compromise. that is a political possibility from where he sits and he finds out a way to close loopholes and raise some $800 billion in new revenue. that should be enough to make a deal with the president of the united states. and he manages to come to a deal. even shake hands. and they can feel history, the wind of history at their back. and then we will reform entitlement. the vice president is deeply involved. at the very moment that they are making this deal and they shake hands, obama suddenly
john boehner is the speaker of the house. john boehner realizes that he has to confront his own people if he is going to save the credit rating them back on moody's and save it from downgrade. this is going to be a political disaster. john boehner can fill in the back of his scalp that this is going to be burning on the republicans. he feels political blame but it's also worried about the country. two hearts -- two heartbeats away from the downgrade. and so, he does something extraordinary. he...
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right moi we have a speaker, -- right now we have a speaker, speake,speaker, boehner, who i d like, but i doesn't want to talk to the democrats. nothing is going to get done if we don't talk to each other. we don't have a parliamentary system. we have to work together. so with that, i wanted to add at least a cautiously optimistic note that i am a hopeful -- that i'm hopeful that we will get something done. and i think if we do and if it's fair -- fair enough, we should get our country off this cliff. thank you very much. i yield the floor. mr. leahy: mr. president? the presiding officer: the senator from vermont. mr. leahy: mr. president, one of the managers of, i guess, of being president pro tempore, i get to preside more than i had for a while and hear some of the speeches of my colleagues, which i appreciate. the senate is a place i love, as i know the distinguished presiding officer does, and it is, as i've often said, a place that should be the conscience of the nation. there's only a hundred of us representing over 300 million americans. we should be able to stand up and be the
right moi we have a speaker, -- right now we have a speaker, speake,speaker, boehner, who i d like, but i doesn't want to talk to the democrats. nothing is going to get done if we don't talk to each other. we don't have a parliamentary system. we have to work together. so with that, i wanted to add at least a cautiously optimistic note that i am a hopeful -- that i'm hopeful that we will get something done. and i think if we do and if it's fair -- fair enough, we should get our country off this...
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the specific examples you cited that i remember doing the -- when he met -- went to meet with john boehner and he went over to capitol hill for the st. patrick's day luncheon. he told this jolly st. patrick's story about how you know we may wrangle over riches bed at night we are such good friends and i was like wow, like i have been covering this guy for a long time and it kind of doesn't sound like him. and so i think part of what you have to do is find a way to satisfy the political requirements but in a way that is authentic to him and like you say, peels to the people who found him to be an original and unique voice in american political life. >> thank you both are coming. i feel like everyone is almost asking the question i want to ask. i hope i'm not making you repeat yourself but i also wanted to ask about obama's political instincts because my impression of him and reading about him is he is very intellectual like a law professor and how he approaches policy issues and i was wondering did you also see some stories in the news about questioning what is the obama doctrine kind of lo
the specific examples you cited that i remember doing the -- when he met -- went to meet with john boehner and he went over to capitol hill for the st. patrick's day luncheon. he told this jolly st. patrick's story about how you know we may wrangle over riches bed at night we are such good friends and i was like wow, like i have been covering this guy for a long time and it kind of doesn't sound like him. and so i think part of what you have to do is find a way to satisfy the political...
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i hope speaker boehner and soon to be majority leader mcconnell sit down with mitt romney that they have 100 days to reform medicare, reform social security, got to get spending under control, and it can't be like business as usual. they will be tempted to do that. republicans hold meetings and think about it a long time. they can't do that. they absolutely have to come out of the gate, blasting for reform, they have to rebuild the military, get the 313 chips, restore the terrible cuts the put in place. if they do it, democrats screams, the media screams, but the american people applaud and will be rewarded with a long period of time in time and power. if not, we'll go home. mitt romney will have the same problem obama had. he made the same promises. he's got to live up to them, a reform that obama made. i'm hoping that when we gather hen a year from now, that we'll have a set of prompts delivered upon, and maybe a new book. now, one last thing -- [laughter] i said they'd spend $2 billion in search of a million votes. i think the obvious thing is to buy a million copies of "the brief aga
i hope speaker boehner and soon to be majority leader mcconnell sit down with mitt romney that they have 100 days to reform medicare, reform social security, got to get spending under control, and it can't be like business as usual. they will be tempted to do that. republicans hold meetings and think about it a long time. they can't do that. they absolutely have to come out of the gate, blasting for reform, they have to rebuild the military, get the 313 chips, restore the terrible cuts the put...
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he insists it was an offer speaker boehner is equally insistent that it was a demand. i talked to him, talked to all the people. now, no one else was in the room, there's no secret tape recording of that phone conversation i know about. if anyone does, please, give me a call. [laughter] but why do that on the phone? you shouldn't do that on the phone. you should other people there so it's carefully, you know, i mean, it was changing or making a proposal at the end that set this off on a track. it is a very dramatic story, and it brings to the fore the issues that we're going to be dealing with in three or four months. yes. >> you may have already allude today this somewhat in answering a previous question, but, you know, congressional approval is at record lows, and people left, right, center, everywhere talk about how broken government is. and what are those things there your perspective that have broken it, and what are those things that if they were removed either individual or structural, um, that would help fix it? what's the path forward? >> you know, that's abov
he insists it was an offer speaker boehner is equally insistent that it was a demand. i talked to him, talked to all the people. now, no one else was in the room, there's no secret tape recording of that phone conversation i know about. if anyone does, please, give me a call. [laughter] but why do that on the phone? you shouldn't do that on the phone. you should other people there so it's carefully, you know, i mean, it was changing or making a proposal at the end that set this off on a track....
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i hope speaker boehner and soon to be majority leader sit down with romney and agree. they have 100 days in 100 days they have to reform medicare. they have to reform social security, they have to get spending under control and can't do it like business as usual. they will be templed to do that. that's what republicans do as they hold meetings. and they think about it for a long time. they can't do that. they absolutely have to come out of the gate, blasting for reform. demanding have to rebuild the military. get the 313 chips. restore the terrible cuts the president is putting in place. they have a lot to do. if they do it democrats will scream, the media will scream and the american people will be applaud. they will be rewarded with a long period in time. they'll go home. felon had the same problem. he made the same kind of promises he has to live up to the reform that barack obama maid. i'm hoping when we gather here a year from now we'll have a set of promises delivered upon and maybe a new book. now one last thing, [laughter] i said they're going to spend $2 billi
i hope speaker boehner and soon to be majority leader sit down with romney and agree. they have 100 days in 100 days they have to reform medicare. they have to reform social security, they have to get spending under control and can't do it like business as usual. they will be templed to do that. that's what republicans do as they hold meetings. and they think about it for a long time. they can't do that. they absolutely have to come out of the gate, blasting for reform. demanding have to...
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i hope john boehner and majority leader mcconnell sit down with mitt romney and agree they have 100 days and the 100 days they have got to reform medicare. they have got to reform social security. they have got to get spending under control and can't do it like business as usual. they will be tempted to do that. they hold meetings and they think about it for a long time. they can't do that. they have to come out of the gate blasting for reform. they have to rebuild the military. they have to restore these terrible cuts the president is putting in place. they have a lot to do. if they do it democrats will screen. the media will scream but the american people will apply and be rewarded with a long period of time. if not we will go home. mitt romney will have the same problem as barack obama. he made the same promises. he has got to live up to them. of reform that barack obama makes. i am hoping when we gather here a year from now the we will have a sense of promises delivered upon and maybe a new book. one last thing. [laughter] >> i think they're going to spend $2 billion in search of $1
i hope john boehner and majority leader mcconnell sit down with mitt romney and agree they have 100 days and the 100 days they have got to reform medicare. they have got to reform social security. they have got to get spending under control and can't do it like business as usual. they will be tempted to do that. they hold meetings and they think about it for a long time. they can't do that. they have to come out of the gate blasting for reform. they have to rebuild the military. they have to...
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of course, it depends on who the house majority leader is, and we don't expect john boehner to do anything for anybody, quite frankly. but, you know, your question about reform policy, justice and a marshall plan is an extremely well-taken question. >> host: y'all korean malvo, one of your greatest influences you included julian richardson, founder of market books. what's the back story? >> guest: well, the bookstore is in san francisco and in oakland. once upon a time is literally across the street from city hall. so we would cut school to go down to marcus books. he had all the revolutionary books, all the black authors, he had a men's discussion group, and my dad would go there, and sometimes i'd just be a little girl with pigtails listening to these guy cans talk about amazing things and decide. rich, as he was called, was amazing and a thinker. he had his own press, so he published things. his daughters karen and blanch have carried on the legacy, so they've got a store now in oakland and a store in san francisco. but as you know, independent booksellers are having a really hard time
of course, it depends on who the house majority leader is, and we don't expect john boehner to do anything for anybody, quite frankly. but, you know, your question about reform policy, justice and a marshall plan is an extremely well-taken question. >> host: y'all korean malvo, one of your greatest influences you included julian richardson, founder of market books. what's the back story? >> guest: well, the bookstore is in san francisco and in oakland. once upon a time is literally...
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you know, mitch mcconnell has to worry about a primary collage in 2014, and boehner has to worry about a leadership challenge from the right so there's certainly a primp on what they can do. that said, the incentives have changed, and you saw chris christie's incentive changed, and there's, you know, the fiscal cliff creates different incentives, and i think the end of -- the end of that one term goal means that different republicans will start to have different incentives which means that on immigration, perhaps on a long term deficit deal, there will be avenues for potential cooperation. whether, you know, whether it takes, you know, more ass kickings or a real statesman to lead the republicans towards a different future, i think that depends on what happens over the next few years. >> i mean, i would add that, you know, there's a real brulalty to sitting in washington, that was just breathtaking to me. as a relative outsider, going into the mill and the buzz saw of the political apparatus in washington, and i think that, you know, it's bipartisan horribleness. it's not just republic
you know, mitch mcconnell has to worry about a primary collage in 2014, and boehner has to worry about a leadership challenge from the right so there's certainly a primp on what they can do. that said, the incentives have changed, and you saw chris christie's incentive changed, and there's, you know, the fiscal cliff creates different incentives, and i think the end of -- the end of that one term goal means that different republicans will start to have different incentives which means that on...
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it's about, um, it's sort of an inside look on house speaker john boehner and the way he manages the tea party in his conference. there's some articles i've read that show just how crazy it can get in there with a lot of these freshmen who are put in by the tea party who arguably with are controlling the way that the house is running even though they're freshmen, and john boehner's in charge. there's one line i have right here, apparently in a meeting with his conference, um, boehner told people, get your ass in line. [laughter] and i think this past congress has been so polarizing and so ineffective that a book like this would be great for some summer reading to just kick back and figure out some of the dramas that were actually going on behind the scenes as we watched nothing happen. another book i'd like to read on a totally different note is called "love is a mix tape." it's a story about -- it's written by someone who works for rolling stone, but it's a personal story about,somebody, about how he fell in love with someone who also fell in love with him, and they were a very unli
it's about, um, it's sort of an inside look on house speaker john boehner and the way he manages the tea party in his conference. there's some articles i've read that show just how crazy it can get in there with a lot of these freshmen who are put in by the tea party who arguably with are controlling the way that the house is running even though they're freshmen, and john boehner's in charge. there's one line i have right here, apparently in a meeting with his conference, um, boehner told...
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john boehner, speaker of the house, and he realizes that he has to confront his own caucus if he's went to save the united states from the credit rating downgrade. the credit rating agency, moody's and so on, prepared in 2011 for the first time in history to downgrade the united states from the aaa status and this is going to be a political disaster. he can feel that in the back of his scalp this is going to be blamed on the republicans. if you feel the political game but also about the country does he went to the two heartbeats away from the presidency at the moment when the americans credit is downgraded for the first time in history? so he does something extraordinary. he acts like a leader. he comes up with a compromise and what they call a grand bargain. that is a political impossibility from where he sits but he does come up with a way to close the tax loopholes to raise some $800 billion in new revenue. that should be enough to make a deal with the president and he seeks out obama and together they are meeting secretly in the golf courses and the back patio of the white house and
john boehner, speaker of the house, and he realizes that he has to confront his own caucus if he's went to save the united states from the credit rating downgrade. the credit rating agency, moody's and so on, prepared in 2011 for the first time in history to downgrade the united states from the aaa status and this is going to be a political disaster. he can feel that in the back of his scalp this is going to be blamed on the republicans. if you feel the political game but also about the country...
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apparently in a meeting with this conference, john boehner told people get your ass in line and i think this congress has been so polarizing that a book like this would be great summer reading to a kickback and figure out the dramas going on behind the scenes. another book i like to read is love is mixed chief. a story written by someone who work for rolling stone. a personal story about somebody, how he fell in love with someone and fell in love with him. very unlikely pair and she died and he was devastated and -- something i did for years and years. he basically wrote the book that is essentially to her in her honor because he loved her. and his final mix tape for apps if love songs. i can't wait to read that one. >> for more information on this and other summer reading lists visit booktv.org. >> my history of financial institutions as a history of learning about these things, for example, in 1811 new york created a new security law which did two things. corporate wall. allow anybody to set up a corporation with minimal restrictions. they used to have to go to the legislature and get
apparently in a meeting with this conference, john boehner told people get your ass in line and i think this congress has been so polarizing that a book like this would be great summer reading to a kickback and figure out the dramas going on behind the scenes. another book i like to read is love is mixed chief. a story written by someone who work for rolling stone. a personal story about somebody, how he fell in love with someone and fell in love with him. very unlikely pair and she died and he...
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congressional leadership was -- one of the few times you saw on the same stage nancy pelosi and john boehner and mitch mcconnell and senator reid together in a common cause and the these waspss at come back to get the congressional medal in the new visitor center. i had gotten to know a lot of them over the years and they were as feisty as ever. several of them still fit into the uniforms. when i wrote about margaret i went and flew in a plane with her and she gave some lessons in the air. >> host: the first time you flew a plane? >> guest: she figured that out right away. she had done this before. she was a great lady. she got back to fort wayne and the day the war ended she flew over fort wayne and dumped them out and said germany surrenders. an amazing time. >> host: do they reference the greatest generation more than nbc? >> guest: combination of the two but consistently "the greatest generation". i rode "the greatest generation" in 1998 and this is not humility but the anniversary of being true. what i really did was just open the door or as ken burns said, you gave them permission to t
congressional leadership was -- one of the few times you saw on the same stage nancy pelosi and john boehner and mitch mcconnell and senator reid together in a common cause and the these waspss at come back to get the congressional medal in the new visitor center. i had gotten to know a lot of them over the years and they were as feisty as ever. several of them still fit into the uniforms. when i wrote about margaret i went and flew in a plane with her and she gave some lessons in the air....
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leadership was one of the few took place in which you saw on the same stage, nancy pelosi and john boehner, and mitch mcconnell and senator reid together in a common cause and these wasps had come back. many of them in their uniform to get the congressional medal in the new visitor center there i gotten to know a lot of them over there they were as feisty as ever. and several of them still fit into the uniforms. when i wrote about margaret i went out and flew in a plane with her and she gave me some lessons in the air. >> host: that is first time you had ever flown a plane? >> guest: no i actually had my -- she figured that right away. you have done this before. she was a great lady. she got back to fort wayne as you know and the day that the war ended she had leaflets in her airplane. she flew over fort wayne and dumped them out and said, germany surrenders. so it was amazing time. >> host: one more question before we go to calls, when people run into you do they reference the greatest generation more than nbc or vice versa? >> guest: a combination of the two but consistently "the greates
leadership was one of the few took place in which you saw on the same stage, nancy pelosi and john boehner, and mitch mcconnell and senator reid together in a common cause and these wasps had come back. many of them in their uniform to get the congressional medal in the new visitor center there i gotten to know a lot of them over there they were as feisty as ever. and several of them still fit into the uniforms. when i wrote about margaret i went out and flew in a plane with her and she gave me...